Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

On the same day Purrington killed his wife Elizabeth, and seven of his eight children; 19-year-old Polly, 15-year-old Martha, 12-year-old Benjamin, 10-year-old Anna, 8-year-old Nathaniel, 6-year-old Nathan and 2-year-old Louisa. The Sunday before his death he wrote to his brother that on the reception of the letter he should be dead and requesting him to take charge of his family.
(8 July 1806)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3365 births, 3925 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5723 people in 6427 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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